{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/schedule-3/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/14",
  "legislation_title": "Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In paragraph 6 above—\n(a) “approved body” means—\n(i) a body approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of that paragraph; or\n(ii) a body approved by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland for the purposes of section 46D(1)(b) of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967; or\n(iii) a body or authority designated by a member State for the purposes of Article 8.3 of the 2009 Regulation (EU);\n(b) “the requisite skills” means knowledge corresponding to the level of training, for either national or international transport operations as the case may be, provided for in Annex I to the 2009 Regulation in the subjects there listed.\n(2) In the case of an examination organised or a certificate issued by an approved body specified in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(iii), references to the 2009 Regulation in sub-paragraph (1)(b) and paragraphs 6(2) and (3) are references to the 2009 Regulation (EU).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Rules for Access to the International Market for Coach and Bus Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/741), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/schedule/3/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:23.739394+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}